Galway Bay fm - Sports

On Hurling Chat this week, Niall and Sean are joined by Cyril Farrell and they discuss:

Pres Athenry's win over St Rapheals in the Connacht PPS Final with both teams now going to the All Ireland series
UOG bow out of the Fitzgibbon Cup to favourites UL to set up an all Limerick Final
Wins for Cork, Waterford and Limerick in the League
Was the brawl between Cork and Tipp handled correctly?
What is Ben O' Connor's aim with all his comments about hurling becoming like soccer?
And is Johnny Kelly right about
Management teams not being able to get messages out to players on the field?
And silverware for Tommie Larkins!

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All of this and more on Hurling Chat, Galway Bay Fm's weekly hurling podcast out every Wednesday

Following their disappointing 1-0 defeat to Drogheda United last week, Galway United are on the road this Friday (13th February 2026) to St. Patrick's Athletic.

It's not been a happy hunting ground for John Caulfield's men in recent times, having drawn twice and lost three times in their last five visits, including last year's FAI Cup quarter-final after extra-time.

Galway United last won in Inchicore in the FAI Cup in 2017, but their last league victory was a 3-1 success in March 2026 thanks to goals from Vinny Faherty, John Sullivan and Enda Curran.

Vinny Faherty, who represented the club in four spells between 2007 and 2020, scored nearly 50 goals during his Galway United career and also represented St. Patrick's Athletic on two occasions.  He's been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly and they started by looking back on the Drogheda game.

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Kick-off at Richmond Park on Friday is 7.45pm and we'll have LIVE coverage on 'Over The Line' on Galway Bay FM.

The last Galway team standing in this year's Connacht Post Primary Schools Senior Football championship contest their provincial decider this Friday (13th February 2026).

St. Joseph's College The Bish battle St. Nathy's Ballaghaderreen at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence.

It's not the first time they've met this campaign, with the Roscommon college prevailing 3-7 to 0-12 in the group stages.  But St. Joseph's have responded with two victories, including a 4-12 to 1-13 victory over Ballyhaunis Community School in the semi-final two weeks ago.

Leading up to the game, St. Joseph's The Bish manager Brian Madden has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly.

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Throw-in at the Connacht GAA Centre, Bekan on Friday is 7pm.

Leading up to the game, Galway forward and two-time All-Star Niamh Mallon chatted to Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly and she couldn't hide the smile when reflecting on the All-Ireland success.

Cork's Laura Hayes is very familiar with the Galway senior team, even if getting a chance to see the city on a non-match day is a novelty.  She was next to chat to Darren.